First Snowmobile ride of the season

This is Caleb on the Snowmobile. Ryan was starting it up for the season and we took it up to see how it would run. Ryan took the boys for a ride and they loved it! It was about 60 degrees outside and so we didn't need coats. It was so warm that the Snowmobile kept getting over heated. We had to keep putting snow on it!

This is Ethan playing in the snow. It didn't stay to long at our house, so when he got the chance he jumped in! My kids love the snow so much! In fact, they wouldn't care if they were outside all of the time! They love being outside. Rain or shine, they want to be there. We are all excited to Santa to come this year. Maybe the kids will get a sled and they can have more fun in the snow!

We had a really fun time for Thanksgiving this year. We went up to my parents house in Wallsburg and ate lots of food! I made four pies and they were gone pretty fast. It was so much fun to see my sister, Jodie, and her family as we don't get to see them very often. The older kids to my kids on tons of 4 wheeler rides as well. My kids were in heaven! Ryan got us an early Christmas present, a membership to Golds Gym! I took the kids with me today and we all had fun doing our things. They have a playroom for the kids and a camera for me to watch while I'm working out. Love it! I'm so excited to be able to go to Cali next year, that I'm sure I'll be looking good after working out!

Seriously Funny!

Caleb is so funny!
This is a child toilet seat that is stuck on Caleb's head! I would like to tell you that this isn't the first time either! It truly makes me laugh. I'm sure that he doesn't think that it's funny when he can't get it off. I also got this recorded so we can watch it when he gets older. I'm sure we will all have fun laughing about it then too. Caleb is now wanting to do everything by himself. He doesn't like to snuggle with me as much either. That makes me sad sometimes, but other times it's nice to have a break.
Today we went to the storage unit to get Ryan's snowmobiling clothes. While we were there, Ethan had to get out our Christmas tree. He loves Christmas. The whole year we have to sing the Santa Clause song. (Santa Clause is coming to town.)

We are so excited to go up to my parents house for Thanksgiving this year! Everyone will be there, but Thom and his family. (They will come up later.) I'm making some pies, because I'm totally awesome at that! I'm also looking forward to giving my sister her facial! I'm also going to help her with getting a glamor look! Ryan is most excited that there is snow in the mountains and that he can go snowmobiling soon! Them boys are also very excited. They love to sit on the snowmobile and pretend to ride it.

Halloween Night!

Ethan is a dinosaur (Barney) and Caleb is a dragon. They had so much fun trick or treating! We didn't go to very many houses because we don't need all that sugar! My kids have enough energy without it. Also because it was very warm they were getting too hot. So much for trying to beat the weather. When we got back to the house after getting some candy, Daddy was there surprising us! He had been in Sun Valley, ID for work and we didn't know when he was going to be home. Ethan and Caleb were also big helpers to pass out candy to other kids. We then went to see our dear friends the Bonhams whom has taken Ryan in like a son. We had a wonderful Halloween and look forward to many more.

Halloween!

Our Pumpkin Scooby Doo!


We got this pumpkin and we had to draw on this first because we didn't want it to go bad. So if you can't see Scooby Doo look closer! We've had so much fun doing this! (OK, I had so much fun doing this!) The boys are super excited to go trick or treating! They woke up this morning and asked if they could go trick or treating right then. I said that we have to wait until tonight.

Caleb is being a big helper! We wast trying to get the guts out! He is going to be a dragon this year and is so happy about it.






Here is Ethan looking and playing with the guts! He is going to be Barney. Carter was Barney one year and we found the costume, so Ethan is Barney.








Here I am carving the pumpkin. Ethan REALLY likes to take pictures now. So as you can see it is a little blurry and I'm looking super cute!

I'll be putting pictures in of the boys going trick or treating later.

The Zoo again...

We went to the zoo again with Grandma Holt. They were having a play date with some of the mom's in her ward. So we got invited to come. It's nice since we have a pass to the zoo and one person gets in free. It's also nice because I don't know that many people in our own ward. (I guess I haven't really tried.) We had so much fun! I love getting out with my kids and teaching them things. Plus it's just nice to get out with other mom's and their kids going other places then each others homes or the park. I'm very grateful to be able to stay home with my kids. They teach me so much. (Patience is the one I seem to always be working on.) But mostly my love for them keeps growing over the time that we spend together. Here are some pictures of our day out.
Ethan and his new best friend James.

Ethan and one of the babies. My kids love babies.

Tagged

I am: working on Mary Kay stuff, while the kids are sleeping.
I think: that I can do whatever I put my mind to.
I know: that faith is essential in all things.
I want: to be able to help provide for my family.
I dislike: the negativity in the world.
I miss: going on a date with Ryan every once in awhile.
I fear: that I might do things wrong.
I feel: very tired. I stayed up to clean the house until 1:00AM
I hear: the fridge running. (I looked it is still there!)
I smell: a clean house!
I crave: fruit.
I cry: when I get frustrated, upset or sometimes for no reason at all.
I usually: like to be on top of things.
I search: my brain, Ryan's brain and God's for answers.
I wonder: what it will be like when I make Director in Mary Kay.
I regret: when I haven't been the greatest friend I could have been.
I love: my family and friends.
I care: about how others are feeling and their needs.
I always: wondering how I can be better.
I worry: being a good mom, if I'm teaching my kids the right things.
I am not: looking back. I can't change the past.
I remember: too much.
I believe: we are who we make ourselves.
I dance: just because it makes me feel better.
I sing: whenever I can. It's my other passion. I don't always: remember to say the right thing.
I argue: when I feel threatened or when I know I'm right. (Sometimes I'm not)
I write: on my blog and to friends.
I win: for finding the man that makes me happy and my cute little boys!
I lose: weight if I work on it.
I wish: to be better in all that I do.
I listen: to my husband and kids, family and friends. I'm a great listener.
I don't understand: why we hold on to the bad things that happen to us.
I can usually be found: at home with the kids.
I am scared: of not doing my best.
I need: to get a better schedule for myself.
I forget: things that are second nature for others.

I tag: Sommer, Erin

MIRROR LAKE

Mrror Lake

We decided to take a drive and head up into the mountains. We ended up at Mirror Lake. On the drive Ethan kept saying that he wanted to go up in the mountains. We tried to tell him that we were, but he just kept on asking. The weather was nice and cool. It started to thunder and lightning after awhile. We got back to the truck just after it started to rain a little. Ethan was asking if he could take some pictures. I had to delete a few because I don't really care what the roof of the truck looks like. He did take some good pictures though.


Here is a picture of the boys sitting on a tree by the lake. After we were walking for awhile, there were pine cones that kept falling out of one tree. Or so I thought. I looked up and there in that tree was a squirrel. It kept throwing pine cones off the tree. It was so funny. The boys got a kick out of it.
Ethan took this lovely picture of us by the lake. Not bad for a three year old huh? I think he did pretty good with this one.
After the Lake we decided to go see Provo River Falls. On the way Caleb was really tired. We tried to keep him away so that he could see the falls. I got it on our camcorder him falling asleep with a Cheetos in his mouth. We kept calling his name so he would wake up. We didn't want him to miss the Falls as they are so amazing. Almost as soon as we got to the falls the rain started to fall down on us. We got down to the falls took a picture and ran back up to the truck. Then it started to down pore. Caleb wouldn't go back to sleep in the truck after that.